DoDTS
The PL League Boss⭐⭐
Is there an away game which you wished you hadn't gone to, or one that you can't believe that you actually went to the bother of going to?
For me I can't believe that I went to Burnley on 31st December 1994 in the Peter Taylor era and it was not a classic season, it had started with a 3-1 defeat and other memorable defeats that I had seen were 4-1 at Stoke and 5-0 at Port Vale.
Hope springs eternal and the young DTS and I woke early and looked out of the window at the snow, the media wasn't then as now but reports came in of matches being called off all over the place. We lived in Leicester at the time and you would think that it would be easier than from London but that was not the case and involved changes at Birmingham and Preston and the connection time tight to get back that night. So should we go? We looked at each other and of course we were going to go.
We made our way to the station and bought train tickets (no super advance tickets then). and made the cross country journey to New Street in a noisy two carriage train. No further news at Birmingham if the Burnley match was on so we continued to Preston. At Preston it was very bleak but asking locals about the game being on or off no-one seemed to have heard of Burnley. So we continued to Burnley station and frankly I put the chance of it being played at about 10%.
We arrived at Burnley and thought I would see people in claret and blue scarves either going towards or away from the ground but in all honesty it was virtually deserted so we made our way to Turf Moor. On arriving at the away turnstiles still there was no news if the game was on or off so we just waited sheltering where we could from the snow/sleet still coming down. Eventually the news broke the game was on and we made our way on to the away terracing.
There weren't many shrimpers there, most had more sense but then the might Blues came on the pitch, or to be more precise the mighty green and navy half shirts. We were wearing Burnleys rather fetching away kit, obviously we thought no point in sending the kit because it was bound to be off.
What better way to spend new years eve than watching this fixture we continued our excellent run of bad form by losing 5-1 with Roger Willis scoring our lone goal. It was a long way home after that, helped at first by the company of a few Shrimpers but a mad dash at Birmingham New Street saw us change platforms with seconds to spare and we were home in time to see the New Year in. Was it worth it..........................
So what's yours?
For me I can't believe that I went to Burnley on 31st December 1994 in the Peter Taylor era and it was not a classic season, it had started with a 3-1 defeat and other memorable defeats that I had seen were 4-1 at Stoke and 5-0 at Port Vale.
Hope springs eternal and the young DTS and I woke early and looked out of the window at the snow, the media wasn't then as now but reports came in of matches being called off all over the place. We lived in Leicester at the time and you would think that it would be easier than from London but that was not the case and involved changes at Birmingham and Preston and the connection time tight to get back that night. So should we go? We looked at each other and of course we were going to go.
We made our way to the station and bought train tickets (no super advance tickets then). and made the cross country journey to New Street in a noisy two carriage train. No further news at Birmingham if the Burnley match was on so we continued to Preston. At Preston it was very bleak but asking locals about the game being on or off no-one seemed to have heard of Burnley. So we continued to Burnley station and frankly I put the chance of it being played at about 10%.
We arrived at Burnley and thought I would see people in claret and blue scarves either going towards or away from the ground but in all honesty it was virtually deserted so we made our way to Turf Moor. On arriving at the away turnstiles still there was no news if the game was on or off so we just waited sheltering where we could from the snow/sleet still coming down. Eventually the news broke the game was on and we made our way on to the away terracing.
There weren't many shrimpers there, most had more sense but then the might Blues came on the pitch, or to be more precise the mighty green and navy half shirts. We were wearing Burnleys rather fetching away kit, obviously we thought no point in sending the kit because it was bound to be off.
What better way to spend new years eve than watching this fixture we continued our excellent run of bad form by losing 5-1 with Roger Willis scoring our lone goal. It was a long way home after that, helped at first by the company of a few Shrimpers but a mad dash at Birmingham New Street saw us change platforms with seconds to spare and we were home in time to see the New Year in. Was it worth it..........................
So what's yours?
